T3’s Top 10 ‘Valerian’ Facts

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets will see acclaimed director Luc Besson back in the director’s chair doing what he does best: sci-fi. Valerian does bring some Fifth Element-esque vibes to the movie, and before you see the movie in theaters this weekend, check out some of these awesome facts:

Check out these facts before you see Luc Besson’s latest sci-fi epic!

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets will see acclaimed director Luc Besson back in the director’s chair doing what he does best: sci-fi. Valerian does bring some Fifth Element-esque vibes to the movie, and before you see the movie in theaters this weekend, check out some of these awesome facts:

1. The movie was based from a French-language comic series titled Valérian and Laureline which was written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières. Director Luc Besson was a big fan of the comics.

2. Even if the comics was presented in French, director Luc Besson intentionally made the movie in the English-language to appeal to a more global audience.

3. The movie brings some futuristic elements from ‘The Fifth Element’. But in fact, The Fifth Element was actually inspired by one of the volumes of the Valérian and Laureline" comics.

4. The Fifth Element’s effects were one of the best we’ve seen on film, but that movie only had 188 visual effects shots. Valerian will has more than 2734 visual effects shots.

5. Valerian releases on 2017, the 50th anniversary of the comic book series.

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